Gardening, Herbs, Nutrients, Organic
Salad jars are so convenient! Do you like to eat nutritious vegetarian salads for lunch but just don’t have the time to prepare them? Wait ‘til you taste these salads – they are expeditious, they are delicious, and best of all they are nutritious. Simply shake them...
Gardening, Herbalist, Herbs, Organic
ELDER (Sambucus nigra) I think Elder may be becoming my favourite tree herb. I have had the absolute pleasure these past couple of weekends of spending time with Elder, picking her beautiful little black berries and a few flowers for a couple of projects. Both the...
Gardening, Nutrients, Organic, Pesticides
I read a post on Facebook the other day that truly shocked me. The article was about Monsanto’s Roundup and the Californian case where the jury found Monsanto liable in the case of a man with cancer allegedly caused by his exposure to Roundup. He was awarded $US289...
Gardening, Herbalist, Herbs, Nutrients
When I first started studying herbal medicine and realising what a great thing it is, in my naivety I believed that herbal medicine was the be all and end all. No more would I be taking antibiotics or anything prescribed by my doctor! The side effects of these drugs,...
Herbalist, Herbs, Nutrients
When I first started drinking Kombucha Tea 30 years ago, I was told it was a great tonic and something to give the kids when they had colds. My neighbour in NZ passed on the instructions and SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture Of Bacteria and Yeast) which we knew as Manchurian...